Boogie Breakdown: South African Synth-Disco 1980-1984 (LP)

Various Artists

Amoeba Review

Gomez Comes Alive, Hollywood 12/16/2016

bout the same time world music nerds were geeking out over South African groups like Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Savuka, and Mahotella Queens, young South Africans were digging Michael Jackson, Roger Troutman, and El DeBarge. Here is a collection of electro-funk and '80s-inspired R&B from SA to rock out at your next party. The songs on this comp are somewhat quirky and a bit more raw than their American R&B counterparts, but nevertheless, they have lots of character and will have you grooving to that '80s electro beat. Scare away the ethnomusicologists with this one!